INNOCENT MONSTER: "Not a Book That Will Leave You Alone Once You've Finished"

Jen Forbus reviews Innocent Monster at Jen's Book Thoughts:

Every book in the Moe Prager series has left an imprint on my reading soul. INNOCENT MONSTER may very well have left the biggest and strongest of those imprints. Few series have consistently had such a strong effect on me as a reader and as a person. ... Steeped in complex themes and moving symbolism, INNOCENT MONSTER is a timeless tale of humanity.

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Huffington Post on INNOCENT MONSTER

Jason Pinter "uncovers" Innocent Monster on the Huffington Post:

Coleman is the resident noir poet laureate of the United States, and his mystery novels have won and/or been nominated for every award in the industry (including an astonishing three Shamus awards). Ask any mystery writer who their favorite mystery writers are, and more often than not you'll hear Coleman's name. Innocent Monster is the sixth in Coleman's Moe Prager series. And as said by NPR's Maureen Corrigan: "I haven't been able to stop thinking about Coleman's Moe Prager mystery series ever since one of God's own divine messengers - that is, an independent bookseller - recommended it to me last year."

For the rest of the Huffington Post piece, click here.

It's Reed Coleman Week at Jen's Book Thoughts!

At Jen's Book Thoughts, today Jen Forbus reviews the audio version of Soul Patch, narrated by the talented Andy Caploe:

I listened to SOUL PATCH on audio, narrated again by Andy Caploe. This is the third of the Prager novels that I've listened to on audio and I've now come to associate Caploe's sound with Moe Prager. It was natural from the get-go. Caploe seems to bring the Brooklyn sound out as well as the gruffness of many of the characters that inhabit SOUL PATCH. He seems to exude a positive energy while at the same time conveying the dark tones of the plot.

Here's the rest of the review.

Where You Can Get INNOCENT MONSTER

Yes, Innocent Monster is on sale now! You can find it at your local mystery bookstore or buy through IndieBound (and yes, we love for you to support independent booksellers) - for other stores or your library, call and ask, or ask them to order it for you to make sure it's there. You can also order directly from the publisher, Tyrus Books. At online stores such as Amazon, it will take a while longer to get the book, which is still listed as preorder.

Or you can come to the Mysterious Bookshop tonight, Oct. 7, from 7-9 pm, and get it signed by Reed.

Tour Stop 16: Crime Always Pays

Over at Declan Burke's Crime Always Pays, Reed discusses the origins of Moe Prager.

I tried to write a second series featuring a Jewish, Brooklyn-born, hotshot NYPD homicide detective named Moe Einstein. Problem was my grasp exceeded my craft and though the novels had their strong points, they weren’t publishable. I didn’t have the chops to pull them off and Moe Einstein—Jesus, can you imagine all the lame puns I generated with that name—was too clever by half. I hadn’t yet developed my own voice to a point where I could escape the clichés and overdone conceits of the genre.